About Tax Free

Tax Free is a system for refunding value added tax to foreign individuals. 

It has been operating in the Republic of Belarus since 2013. The only operator of the Tax Free system is republican unitary enterprise Beltamozhservice. 

More than 900 stores are connected to the Tax Free system, where you can buy various goods - from jewelry, clothing and shoes to household appliances.  

Purchases under the Tax Free system are made for goods:

• exempt from VAT in accordance with the legislation when imported into the territory of the Republic of Belarus;
• the turnover from the sale of which in the territory of the Republic of Belarus is exempt from VAT in accordance with the legislation;
• subject to VAT at a rate of 10% and recognized as excisable.

The service is affordable when spending over 80 BYN in a Tax Free partner store on the same day. The amount of VAT refund to a foreign individual - non-resident of the EAEU is 15% of the cost of goods excluding VAT (20%).

In the Republic of Belarus, any foreign individual who does not have a permanent place of residence in a member state of the Eurasian Economic Union (with the exception of citizens of the Republic of Belarus, Russian Federation, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Armenia and the Kyrgyz Republic) can use the Tax Free system, which must be confirmed by a passport or document, intended for travel abroad and issued by the relevant authority of the state of citizenship or place of residence of the foreign person or an international organization.